The Washington Post, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and numerous other media outlets similarly referred to an immigration “crisis” in 2014. At the time, tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children were apprehended at the southern border. According to data from the White House, 50,036 unaccompanied children were apprehended in 2018.

The president is traveling to the border in McAllen, Texas on Thursday to meet with local officials about how best to curb illegal immigration. The trip comes amid the third week of the partial government shutdown over wall funding.